Unfollow
/ˌʌnˈfɒloʊ/noun
To stop following someone or something, especially on social media.
Did you know?The prefix un- is one of English’s oldest reversal markers, inherited from Proto-Germanic, so “unfollow” is a freshly digital spell built from a very old linguistic switch.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*en
“in, into”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*un-
“a negative or reversing prefix”
Old English
English
un-
“a prefix meaning not, opposite of, or reversal of an action”
Late 19th Century
English
follow
“to go after, accompany, or come after”
Early 21st Century
English
unfollow
“to stop following a person, account, or feed online”